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Baker University miscellaneous records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 999
Overview

This collection contains miscellaneous circular letters, telegrams, administrative forms, memorandums, war department related materials, and periodicals from Baker University. Most of the materials are from the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: 1907-1989

Balance books from a London trader

 Collection
Call Number: MS E188
Overview

Account books of an anonymous speculative trader, providing yearly summary of accounts. Each volume covers a year, and contains a dozen accounts in fair detail and a list of 50 to 100 accounts showing net profit or debit. The "bottom line" is about £50,000. Cargoes largely consist of tropical produce; the trader also imported cheese and butter from Holland into England and had other investments.

Dates: 1810 - 1818

Baldwin Elementary School photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P19
Overview

Two photographs of Donna Webb and her first grade class at Baldwin Elementary School in Baldwin City, Kansas. The photographs were taken by Sharon England in April 1982.

Dates: April 1982

Bales family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 952
Overview The Bales family papers are those of native Kansans and University of Kansas graduates Orin Roland "Ron" Bales and his wife Katharine (Kufahl) Bales. They contain many photographs, personal papers, and business records of Ron and Katharine Bales, of their Alexander, Bales, Kufahl, and Kean family members who homesteaded in Douglas County, Pottawatomie County, and Leavenworth County, Kansas, and of their Fastenau family members of Nebraska City and Norfolk, Nebraska. Included are many...
Dates: 1855 - 1989

Ballad praising the Trough Volunteers led by Colonel Leslie of Castle Galsslough, and his family. Trough (in Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland)

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS Q11:9
Overview

12 stanza ballad, praising the 84 volunteers under brave Colonel Leslie, and his Lady and "young Charless." Describes a festal day at Castle Glasslough. Considers the House of Bourbon the enemy.

Dates: Between 1778 and 1780

Baltis Wintermute Diary

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P925
Overview

Baltis K. Wintermute was a Union soldier in the 11th Regiment, Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. This collection contains his diary for the year of 1864.

Dates: 1864

Bandbook for E-flat cornet

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS B170
Overview

Band book with MS music and laid-in printed music for E-flat cornet.

Dates: 1883

Banker family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1351
Overview

This collection includes event programs, letters, news clippings, and photographs related to the Banker family. Materials are organized by family member; most of the materials are from either Theodora "Ted" Banker or her nephew Louis H. Banker.

Dates: 1897 - 1973

Banking ledger from Culbertson and Reno, Iowa City, Iowa

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P628
Overview

Ledger of Messrs. Culbertson and Reno, Bankers, Iowa City, Iowa, 1856-1857.

Dates: 1856 - 1857

Banks family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1488
Overview

The Banks family collection consists of papers from long-time Kansas City residents Wade B. Banks, Jr., his wife Blanche, and their family. Most of the collection focuses on Blanche's involvement in the First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME), research into family geneology, work as principal of Shawnee Mission North High School, correspondence, speeches, reference material, and papers concerning civil rights in the United States.

Dates: 1921 - 2017

Barbara Ballard papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1507
Overview

This collection consists of records related to Barbara Ballard's career as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, including records related to the legislative process and to the election and campaigning processes.

Dates: 1982 - 2009

Barbara Bohm's Star Trek scripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 374
Overview

This collection contains scripts from seasons 1 and 2 of Star Trek: The Original Series, which ran for three seasons from 1966-1969 and was produced by Desilu Productions, and a script from Star Trek: The Animated Series, which ran from 1973-1974 and was produced by Filmation.

Dates: May 26, 1966 - July 23, 1973

Barbara Burghart-Perreault collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1604
Overview

The Barbara Burghart-Perreault collection is made up of Burghart-Perreault's journals, correspondence, family papers, and photographs. The collection also contains her creative work, including drawings and paintings, photography, and creative writing. The papers and manuscripts of writer and literature professor, Myron Greenman, a close friend of Burghart-Perreault's, are also included.

Dates: 1886-2020, bulk 1950-2010

Barbara Duke photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH P2827
Overview

A collection of early 20th century photographs donated by Barbara Duke, featuring photographs of Kansas City Harvey House employees circa 1915, including two group photographs. The collection also includes photographs from a hot air balloon launch in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1934 and a photograph of women weaving in Mexico City.

Dates: 1915, 1934

Barbara Hays Duke papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1495
Overview

This collection includes materials from throughout Barbara Hays Duke's life, a long-time resident of Lawrence, Kansas. Comprises memorabilia, photographs, and other items from her high school and college years, as well as later correspondence, research, and other items regarding family genealogy.

Dates: 1909-2006, 2016

Barber family (Lawrence, Kansas) letter to the Lawrence Journal-World

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P253
Overview

The Barber family is discussed, and special mention is made of one Thomas Barber, who was murdered in Lawrence. His story is recounted in a fictional work entitled, The Surveyor by Truman Nelson, a book about John Brown.

Dates: June 8, 1961

Barkemeyer Family letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P625
Overview 39 letters, 1913-1919, written to Grace Barkemeyer of Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas, by immediate family members in California and elsewhere. The majority of the letters (1913-1915) were wrttien by Grace's sister Carrie, a nurse at various hospitals in California, including the German Hospital in San Francisco. These are lengthy letters and describe the rigors of a nurse's life. In 1915, Carrie decided to return to Kansas and pursue private nursing. Other letters include those written...
Dates: 1913-1919

Barker Neighborhood Association records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 793
Overview

The Barker Neighborhood Association, Lawrence, Kansas, was founded in 1982 as the East Central Neighborhood Association. The collection includes Association correspondence with the City of Lawrence regarding neighborhood concerns, flyers advertising gatherings, survey and diagrams relating to sidewalk installation, replacement and repair, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1977 - 1999

Barnabas Dorr Palmer personal papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P111
Overview

The papers include (1) a testimony to his recent left-handness sworn before Douglas County Clerk in 1867, (2) a manuscript titled "A sketch of my military history" which he entered in a penmanship contest, sponsored by William Oland Bourne, editor of the "Soldier's Friend", (3) a letter from General U.S. Grant awarding Palmer first prize in the contest, and (4) letter awarding Palmer a $50 prize.

Dates: 1867 - 1868

Barnes City Election poll book

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS H3
Overview

Poll book of the election held in the city of Barnes [Kansas] in the county of Washington, on the 2nd day of August, A.D. 1932. George Jewell, Ira D. Hill, and Otto G. Yengeberg, judges, and Lloyd Wolverton and R. J. Kiefover, clerks.

Dates: 1932

Barry Farrell collection on Allen Ginsberg

 Collection
Call Number: MS 59
Overview

Contains materials compiled by Barry Farrell for a Life article about Allen Ginsberg and his visit to Lawrence, Kansas and the University of Kansas. Includes typescript and manuscript notes; drafts; transcriptions of interviews with Allen Ginsberg and his partner, Peter Orlovsky; and a biography about Ginsberg and his philosophy.

Dates: 1966

Barteldes family tree

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS R542
Overview

This collection consists of a photocopy of a Barteldes family tree on a 24x27" page. The complete title is "The Barteldes Family Tree compiled by Bernhard Christoph Barteldes-1791," though the time period covered in the tree is 1529-1963. Friedo and F.W. Barteldes, included in the tree, were the proprietors of the Barteldes Seed Company, founded in Lawrence, Kansas in the late 1800s.

Dates: between 1963 and 2021

Bartholomew Family collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P715
Overview

This collection, compiled by Margaret Bartholomew De Young, contains photographs and photocopies of family histories, genealogies, and clippings pertaining to her Bartholomew family ancestry. Predominating are records by and about De Young's grandfather, Elam Bartholomew (1852-1934), a Rooks County, Kansas farmer, botanist, and internationally renowned mycologist.

Dates: 1894 - 1987

Base map compiled by the 314th Engineers, N.A. Col. William B. Ladue, Corps of Engineers, N.A. Commanding

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS Q51
Overview

Relief map of the United States military reservation Fort Riley in Kansas, including Camp Funston, dated November 1917. The map was compiled by the 314th Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, commanded by William B. Ladue.

Dates: November 1917

Basketball Coach's records

 Series
Call Number: RG 66/13/3
Overview This series, from the Athletics Department record group at the University of Kansas, consists of correspondence and related materials from the basketball coach's office when Forrest C. "Phog" Allen held the position. It also contains records from Allen's position as head of the Department of Physical Education, a position he held concurrently for several years. Topics include but are not limited to basketball conferences and tournaments; coaching schools; committees with which Allen worked;...
Dates: 1933 - 1955

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Lawrence (Kan.) -- History 67
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Kansas -- History 28
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Diaries 24
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American poetry -- 20th century 23
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Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 21
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 21
Kansas -- Politics and government 18
African Americans -- Kansas 16
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Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History 11
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Language
English 3825
French 106
German 81
Spanish; Castilian 73
Latin 61
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Names
University of Kansas 76
Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 21
White, William Allen, 1868-1944 21
United States. Army 20
Brown, John, 1800-1859 14
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Between the Covers Rare Books 13
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
Republican Party (Kan.) 13
Armitage, Katie 12
Lane, James Henry (James Henry), 1814-1866 12
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 12
University of Kansas. Libraries 12
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 11
Haskell Institute 10
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 10
Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 10
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 9
Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 9
University of Kansas. Department of English 9
University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History 9
University of Kansas. School of Engineering 9
Wilcox, Laird M. 9
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 8
Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900 8
O'Hegarty, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1879-1955 8
Ellis, Ralph N. (Ralph Nicholson), 1908-1945 7
Inge, William 7
Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886 7
Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894 7
Wood, Frank 7
African Methodist Episcopal Church 6
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 6
Douglass Hospital (Kansas City, Kan.) 6
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 6
Kansas. Supreme Court 6
Kenneth Spencer Research Library 6
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 6
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission 6
Otto, David Arthur, 1934- 6
Pennell, Joseph Judd, 1866-1922 6
Sturgeon, Theodore 6
Trinity Episcopal Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 6
University of Kansas. Department of History 6
University of Kansas. Libraries. University Archives 6
University of Kansas. School of Architecture and Urban Design 6
University of Kansas. School of Fine Arts 6
University of Kansas. School of Law 6
White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973 6
Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 5
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 5
Clark family 5
Docking, Robert Blackwell, 1925-1983 5
Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 5
Eigner , Larry, 1927-1996 5
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas 5
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 5
Haskell Indian Junior College 5
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art 5
Johnson, Ronald, 1935-1998 5
Kansas Association of Colored Women and Girls’ Clubs 5
Kansas Committee for the Humanities 5
Kansas. Legislature 5
Kansas. Militia 5
Katzman, David M. 5
Lawrence (Kan.). City Commission 5
League of Women Voters of Kansas 5
Miller, Timothy, 1944- 5
Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books & Paper 5
New England Emigrant Aid Company 5
Populist Party (Kan.) 5
Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911 5
Spencer, Kenneth Aldred, 1902-1960 5
Topeka School District (Topeka, Kan.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
University of Kansas. Department of Music 5
University of Kansas. William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information 5
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 4
Apfelbaum, Charles 4
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company 4
Bailey, E. H. S. (Edgar Henry Summerfield), 1848-1933 4
Beal, George Malcolm, 1897- 4
Benjamin, David, 1963- 4
Besinger, Curtis 4
Calvary Baptist Church (Wichita, Kan.) 4
Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951 4
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 4
Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909 4
Coan, Clark 4
Democratic Party (Kan.) 4
Domer, Dennis, 1944- 4
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 4
Eldridge House (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
Enslinger, Dennis 4
Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917 4
Gould, John, 1804-1881 4
Guttridge, G. H. (George Herbert), 1898- 4
Hoad, William C. (William Christian), 1874- 4
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4
Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), 1812- 4
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